Technophobia! : science fiction visions of posthuman technology /
A timely examination of the conflict between the techno-utopia promised by real-world scientists and the techno-dystopia predicted by science fiction.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2005.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0292796641 9780292796645 9780292709546 0292709544 9780292709867 0292709862 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: dreams of techno-heaven, nightmares of techno-hell
- Technology is God: machine transcendence
- Haunted utopias: artificial humans and mad scientists
- Cybernetic slaves: robotics
- Machines out of control: artificial intelligence and androids
- Rampaging cyborgs: bionics
- Infinite cyberspace cages: the internet and virtual reality
- Engineered flesh: biotechnology
- Malevolent molecular machines: nanotechnology
- Technology is a virus: machine plague
- Epilogue: technophobia.